Our Story

In 1921, Wilhelm Leibbrand recognized that the era of his renowned canning factory was coming to an end. The entrepreneur made a decision and developed the first vertically operating hand universal machine made of aluminum sand casting. As a trained cook, Leibbrand was a man of practice and knew exactly what he was doing. With Swabian diligence and inspired by the desire to build on past successes, he founded the company Jupiter in 1921. The first kitchen machines were sold at trade fairs and housewives' exhibitions—a thorny path accompanied by inflation and the economic crisis. Nevertheless, Wilhelm Leibbrand was able to record steady growth. Wilhelm Leibbrand lived only 56 years. Before that, he had already handed the company Jupiter over to the next generation. In 1930, Otto Kurz joined the company to begin his commercial apprenticeship. The representatives of Jupiter undertook intensive sales trips—from Alsace-Lorraine to Breslau or from Hamburg to Garmisch—and helped Jupiter kitchen machines make a name for themselves. World War II also brought the development of Jupiter to a halt. Arms contracts had to be accepted. In 1949, Clara Kurz was able to continue expanding the company with her husband, who returned from captivity. The huge backlog of demand from people and a lucky hand enabled Jupiter kitchen machines to rise again. The product range grew, but it is thanks to Swabian consistency that even today—100 years after its founding—the devices that have been part of the Jupiter Küchenmaschinen GmbH portfolio for many years still define its success: meat grinders and choppers, slicers, and juicers.